Thursday
Jun172010
Video Demo: Centripetal Force
Thursday, June 17, 2010 at 3:50PM
A simple demonstration of centripetal force. A marble is moving in a circular path. The wall of the roll of tape is applying a force on the marble toward the center of the circular path. That is centripetal force. Once the force is removed, the marble, because it has inertia, moves in a straight line.
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